Singapore airlines has branched out into the world of freighters with a deal to acquire seven of the world’s newest freighter, the Airbus A350F. This is a significant breakthrough into a niche market dominated by rival planemaker Boeing. The fourth quarter of 2025 will be the date for commencement of deliveries, though it should be […]
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Boeing and CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have launched a new five-year, AU$41 million research programme with focus areas that include improving aviation sustainability, digital twin and model-based engineering, space and using technologies to boost factory safety and productivity. Projects include accelerating satellite communications and other space-related technologies and enhancing Boeing’s digital twin and model-based
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Veridos has been commissioned to equip Luxembourg’s International Airport with registration solutions for the new European border control system EES (Entry-Exit System). The order includes self-service pre-registration kiosks, mobile pre-registration solutions and biometric acquisition units for security booths. The European Union’s new entry-exit system is scheduled to start in May 2022 and will help to
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Delta Air Lines will welcome a Chief Sustainability Officer in 2022, continuing its commitment to build a sustainable future for air travel. Pamela Fletcher will join Delta as Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer and will join the Delta Leadership Committee as the airline industry’s only C-Suite level CSO. In her new role, Fletcher
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The Ministry of Interior of Bavaria has ordered eight five-bladed Airbus H145 helicopters for its police force, following a European tender launched earlier this year. The helicopters will replace the state’s current H135 fleet and will be operated by the two bases of the Bavarian helicopters squadron at the airports in Munich and in Roth,
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Eastern Airways (Eastern), the UK’s independent regional airline, celebrated its inaugural Cornwall Newquay – London Gatwick route on December 15. The flight was operated with one of Eastern’s ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft, fueled with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by Air bp. The airline underlined its commitment to reduce carbon emissions, backing calls for closer collaborative work
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Pentagon 2000 Software has announced a major new version of its flagship software system. Version 2021.01 has been released with a set of new functionality, performance and reliability features. This latest version includes many new features and functions and also provides new system-level changes and an upgraded graphical user interface. The new version also provides
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CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing), has signed international aircraft lease agreements with Colombia’s flag carrier Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. Avianca (Avianca) for a fleet of five Airbus A320neo aircraft. With deliveries from the lessor’s order book planned for 2022 and 2023, the aircraft are
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The ACJ TwoTwenty launched just over a year ago, completed its first flight from Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Canada on December 14, 2021. The aircraft will be delivered to Comlux in the coming weeks and then outfitted with a VVIP cabin by Comlux in Indianapolis, USA, after the delivery. Comlux has been selected as an
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Major British airlines wrote to the PM, Boris Johnson, on December 13, describing the new travel rules imposed by the government to combat the Omicron coronavirus variant as “haphazard and disproportionate”, as well as being disruptive to families and commerce alike over the Christmas period. The letter was signed by the chief executive officers of
